Sunderland will be looking to avoid becoming part of a growing trend when they travel to Hillsborough to face Sheffield Wednesday in the Carabao Cup first round on Wednesday.
11 Championship sides were dumped out of the competition on Tuesday evening, nine of which suffered defeats against lower opposition. That takes the grand total of second-tier clubs eliminated in the first round to 12, after Cambridge United defeated Millwall last week.
Among the cup upsets were Reading's 2-1 defeat at home to League Two side Stevenage, Portsmouth's 3-0 win at Cardiff City and Bradford City's 2-1 victory over Hull City.
